A Lon­don mer­chant and ar­tist’s son, Fran­cis pub­lished a num­ber of hymns in re­li­gious news­pa­pers and per­i­od­ic­als. He be­longed to the Ply­mouth Breth­ren con­gre­ga­tion in Lon­don, and served as an open air preach­er. His hymns and po­ems ap­peared in The Life of Faith and other pa­pers and per­io­dicals. His works in­clude:

Gems from the Re­vised Ver­sion, with Po­ems, 1891

O the Deep, Deep Love of Je­sus, and Other Po­ems, pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly by Picker­ing and In­glis in 1926